, massachuse, part of a megalopolis locahave taken root in older seoinner-city neighborhoods.n recent decades, these neighborhoods deteriorated, with a downward spiral in infrastructure, services and oppornities. but w stons bouncing back. with a downward spiral we'll see how relative location to the central business district, or cbd, is important to the development of these neighborhoods-- how so much can ride on their being part of federally-funded enterprise zones and how geographic information systems, or gis, can be used in addressing some difficult urban economic and social issues. boston, massachusetts. once a great port, it's now a world leader in high tech, higher education, bmedicine and finance. but like most u.s. cities, boston lost many jobs and middle-class residents to the suburbs. it's a regional problem-- part of the widening gap between the wealthiest and the poorest americans. this disparity has glaring spatial symptoms. ( rap music playing from car stereo ) behind e inr-cieighrhoods ll of unemployed and underemployed residents. in the heart of the roxbury n

during that time massachuse ranked frenth of the 50 states in job creation and the only reason the unemploymenterate went down so many people left the work force more than any other state except louisiana after hurricane katrina, is that a record to be proud of. >> in massachusetts alone 40,000 new jobs . wages went up and unemployment and people went from unemployment to jobs. and unemployment rate went down to 4.7 percent. >> chris: again, sir. if i may, again over the four years in job cradings and unemployment rate went down so many people were leaving the state? >> guest: jobs went up and he created 40,000 jobs as governor of massachusetts. wages went up in massachusetts. people who actually went from unemployment to employment went up. we saw the mitt romney tenure jobs created and economic growth. and in mitt romney's tenure. job creation and economic growth and lower unemployment. we are seeing a contrast in visions. we believe in reigniting the american idea. and the president has feverishly worked to replace a government centered society vision . government sees its job to pick winners and